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Larger knob coral
Dipsastraea speciosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 758219, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Larger knob coral
- Scientific
- Dipsastraea speciosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 2 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A massive Dipsastraea with close-set, rounded cups.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Dipsastraea-speciosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758219
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Favia_speciosa.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.